>[!NOTE]+ Meta Author:: [[Jasleen Dhamija]] Reference:: The 'Tree of life' or Pohon-Budi: An International Exhibition Celebrates a Global Heritage, *Journal of Heritage Management*, 6 (2) 156-172, 2001 Date:: 2001 Tags:: #exhibition WeftLinks:: [[Spiritual value of craft]] Claim:: [[Claim - Craft sustains a connection to ancestors and traditional lands]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > The *Tree of Life* is a symbol that appears in the myths, crafts and arts of civilizations on every continent. Described as ‘a thread that links the world’, this *Tree of Life* celebration demonstrates the importance of investing in research to build a foundation of scholarship upon which heritage can be brought to life for new generations. Here, the creativity and innovation of those who are repositories of ancient wisdom make tradition relevant to new times, revealing heritage as a timeless process that can be managed and shared by bringing old and contemporary disciplines together in new and uniting partnerships that extend far beyond political borders. Here, heritage not only identifies the identity of each participating culture. These identities also combine as a shared heritage of all humankind, with the *Tree of Life* as a symbol of caring for the earth and for each other.